My Take on Bluish Bee

[JohnF]

This is my first attempt at recording with the micro br, or any recording for that matter.

Had it for about a week, lots to learn yet. Been playing guitar on and off for about 18 months now,I thought i would post this so you guys can give a few views about my playing.Some of the parts in this are not so good other parts i think sound ok. Would love to here your comments.

[tafka]

great playing.you have a nice touch.loved the ending

Tony J.

[The Reverend 48]

Welcome John you got some great Blues phrasing and vibe Well Done ........
Have a look at "something for the weekend" and give it a go

[Bluesberry]

  OH yeah, you have it my man.  Very cool sounding, I like it.  Great flipping tone.  What kind of guitar (Tele like your avatar?) and what effect setting was that.  Great bends. great feeling, great everything.  We have another for our fun little jam alongs, sweet. I really like that tone.  A big welcome from the MicroBR Blues Brothers. 

Been playing guitar on and off for about 18 months now,

You are doing real good, I would say more on than off for only 18 months playing.

[hardlock]

What everyone else says!  Very tasty tone and style! 

Sounds more like 18 years than months experience to me! 

[JohnF]

Thank you for all your very kind comments.

I have three guitars a american fender strat. gibson les paul and a american fender tele deluxe which i used on this track, i used the bridge pickup with the s1 swich on and tone full on, the effects patch was the PO5 blues dv .

I find with my other two guitars i can't quite get the right tone i'm looking for on the BR,they are great with my amp a roland cube and i use two pedals a boss delay,ibenaz ts808 tube screamer.

I would like to record with this setup on my br but am not quite sure
how to do that yet and get a good sound.

Thanks again for the big welcome ,you guys have made my day.

[Bluesberry]

Hey John, its good to have another blues rock guy to have at it with these backers.  If you go back in this section history you will find some other backer challenges that we have done, the backer is usually attached to one of the threads, have a listen and try out on some of the other ones we have done.  I know I am having a blast with these, there are 5 or so guys who get in on these usually.  The more the merrier, it is really good to hear what each other comes up with.  As far as the MBR effects go, I have an Am Strat, Les Paul and Epi Sheraton (just got that one yesterday), and each guitar responds differently to the effects.  I always go in to edit the effects and there you can really tweek (usually I start by turning down the gain).  There are some threads on this on here.  You can get almost any tone you need for any guitar with some tweeking, this machine is very flexible.

As for your cube amp, you can go from your headphones out or line out if your amp has this into the line in jack (need adaptor for the 1/4 " input jack), then change MBR effects to "record dry", set up your levels and away you go.  I have a Fender GDec30 and have recorded this way with great results (check out my "Bluish Bee" post for this).  Keep reading on here, and experimenting, there is a lot that you can do with this little beast.

[JohnF]

Thanks for that Bluesberry,i will have a look for the other backers and see what i can come up with.

[Jim1970]

Wow Nice. You have been only playing for 18 months? You play Great!!! Keep up the good work!!
Jim